Dominic Howard: personal life, photo

Expressive and perfected manner of execution, and at the same time, a fragile, naive appearance - it's Dominic Howard. Photos and videos from concerts always represent him as a crazy rock star, but is it really so?

The beginning of the way

The impetuous drummer of the super-popular art-rock band Muse was born on December 7, 1977 in the suburb of Stockport near Manchester. When the House was eight, the family moved to the town of Tinmouth in the south of England.

Interest in music and drum set in particular woke up in Dominic only in high school. The first experience of playing the drums he received in the amateur jazz band Carnage Mayhem. There he met Matt Bellamy - future soloist and guitarist Muse. At that time, Matt did not belong to any group, so he accepted with pleasure Howard's offer to play Carnage Mayhem. After two years of not the most fruitful work Bellamy and Dominic Howard decided to create their own group. The third participant was Chris Wolstenholme, who took up the bass guitar.

The new group changed several names - Gothic Plague, Rocket Baby Dolls. However, it was Muse that brought the band an unprecedented popularity all over the world. The former employee of the school cafeteria and the packer of the T-shirts Spice Girls became the star of modern rock music.

Curious facts about Dominic Howard

The working hand of the House is left, which does not prevent him from performing the most complicated shock parties. But if he sometimes gets in the way something, it's Bellamy guitars flying in his direction during concerts.

Dominic Howard is allergic to apples. Appetizing fruit, unfortunately, causes a strong rash on his face and neck.

A strange red-blue-yellow face on the cover of the debut EP Muse is also Dominic Howard. However, on the following releases Muse for some reason no longer resorted to such experiments.

The very first childhood memory of Dominic - about how he was sitting on an inflatable circle, which suddenly burst.

Rhythm magazine, dedicated to percussive installations, repeatedly called the House "the happiest drummer in the world". Despite this, Howard does not like to play solo percussion.

Dominic Howard would like to meet with Jimmy Hendrix, whom he considers the most outstanding musician. Also on the list of his favorite bands are Queen, Rage Against The Machine, The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails.

Matt Bellamy claims that House is the most neat and clean in Muse. During the tours Dominic Howard always carries with him a special bag with cosmetics for face and hair. Also the drummer loves and knows how to cook. And if the clothes are torn on the road, Dominic will always be able to fix it with a portable sewing machine.

Sometimes the House does not mind fooling around at concerts. The costumes of Spider-Man and Gandalf are from time to time acted as his concert costumes.

Like every boy, Dominic loves cars on remote control. Although it can manage and toys more complicated: The house was handed over to the right from the first time, and also took a few lessons of helicopter piloting. Favorite car Dominica - cult DeLorean DMC-12 from the movie "Back to the Future".

Family and friends

Dominic does not like to tell much about his family, mentioning only that they are ordinary representatives of the English middle class. In 2004, when Muse was already world famous, Dominic's father, William Howard, attended the band's performance at the Glastonbury Festival. Unfortunately, right after the concert, William died of a heart attack. The band canceled all the remaining performances on the tour, giving Dominique time to cope with the heavy loss.

Dominic also has an older sister, Emma.

Personal life of Dominic Howard

Fans of Muse jokingly call House a womanizer. And there are reasons: the drummer was seen along with many beautiful girls. Especially the House is not indifferent to elegant actresses and models. In an eccentric person like Dominic Howard, personal life simply can not be boring. Jasmine Waltz and Jessica Martilla met at different times with Dominic. In 2014, the paparazzi made some curious shots: Dominic Howard and Nina Dobrev, the star of the Vampire Diaries. Currently, the heart of the Muse drummer belongs to the actress and model Ryan Reagan. A happy couple shone with dresses and smiles at the Grammy-2016 ceremony. Dominic Howard and Ryan Reagan, along with Matthew Bellamy and Ell Evans, could not hide happiness from receiving the coveted award.

Attitude to creativity

By the way, the appearance of 2/3 of Muse (at Bellamy and Howard) at the Grammy-2016 was crowned with success, which the participants themselves for some reason did not expect at all: the album Drones received the coveted award in the nomination "Best Rock Album". Prior to this, British musicians already became holders of the treasured gramophone in 2011, in the same category, for the album Resistance.

Drones - 53-minute monolithic work about the world war and universal cruelty. The subject of the worldwide conspiracy has long been troubling Muse, the first album on the anti-utopian theme was Resistance, released in 2009. The trend continued peppered with aggressive electronics The 2nd Law, which was released in 2012. Drones became a vivid example of modern uncompromising prog-rock, where the musicians decided to use the electronic sound not to the full extent, as they did in the previous album. As in previous albums, the House acted as a co-producer, and also tried himself in the role of keyboard player. The only thing that Dominic avoids (and the entire Muse team supports it) is vocal. In the end, a person, even if so talented, can not be successful in everything.

In a January interview with The San Diego Union-Tribune, the House did not hide the fact that Muse's plans for the future are rather vague. According to the drummer, today's attitude towards music and albums in particular has undergone great changes. Streaming services and the general availability of tracks do not motivate musicians to release full-fledged albums, the emphasis is on the release of singles. Howard does not exclude that this way sooner or later Muse will go, while Drones will be the last full-fledged album.

Forward to the Future

Before the tour in support of Drones, the natural blond Howard radically changed his image, repainted his hair black. Of course, from the former image of the otherworldly half-human half-elf there was no trace - House in something repeated the image of the lyrical hero Drones - a depressed, disappointed in the life of a warrior who nevertheless by the end of the album finds the strength to withstand the mighty evil. However, now the House is returning to its natural shade. Does this mean that Muse will return to its origins? Time will tell.